Acadiana Outreach Center

Lafayette and surrounding parishes in Acadiana

Where?: Acadiana Outreach Center is located at 125 South Buchanan Street, on the corner of S. Buchanan and 2nd Street in downtown Lafayette.

What?: Acadiana Outreach serves the south Louisiana parishes of Lafayette, Acadia, Cameron, Iberia, Vermilion, Evangeline, St. Landry, St. Martin and St. Mary, providing the poor and homeless with a full continuum of services including emergency and transitional shelter, skills training, housing and employment services, licensed addiction and mental health treatment centers.

Why?: The mission is helping to give people back their God-given dignity by transforming lives to reach their highest potential.

When?: The center is a full time service, seven days a week and year round.

Who?: The Episcopal Diocese was instrumental in starting Acadiana Outreach over 16 years ago. Today, a full time professional staff manages the center, under the direction of Valerie Keller, Executive Director. St. Barnabas parishioners have been working with and contributing to Acadiana Outreach since its inception.

November 2008: The congregation will help donate items for 100 bags for the annual ECW Christmas Bags which will be delivered for clients.

May 2008: St. Barnabas parishioners collected and delivered 25 bags of mens clothing in memory of Fr. Ken Cooper.

December 2007: 100 bags of toiletry items were collected and donated for the annual ECW Christmas Bags donation.